Group of 8 miners and a dog gathered in front of new log building. Men are wearing overalls, coats, hats, boots, and aprons and some are holding tools such as hammers, an axe, and a saw. The building is in the process of being constructed.

Man in center, wearing vest, and white shirt, is John McNish. He was an Emmett pioneer of the 1880's. An Idaho Statesman article, dated February 3rd, 1957 states that "the picture was taken at the Gold Hill mine in Quartzburg in 1885. While these...